Haas team principal Guenther Steiner says he expects Formula 1 to apply a two-day format at some races in 2021 providing this weekend’s trial at Im🌠ola is successful.

Noise restrictions around Imola mean that this weekend will be a ꧂test of F1’s possible future two-day race weekend format, witไh no Friday practice sessions taking place.

Instead, a single 90-minute practice will happen on Saturday morning ahead of the usual qualifying session, before🦩 Sunday’s grand prix.

While F1 was already provided a glimpse of a slimmed-down weekenꦐd format at the Nurburgring when poor weather conditions forced Friday’s ඣrunning to be abandoned, this is the first planned two-day event.

With F1 planning on a 23-race 2021 calendar featuring two triple-header events, Steiner believes it is likely♔ that the format will be carried over int🦩o next year at some races if it works well at this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

“There was no talk about formats [in Monday’s F1 Commission meeting] but I think there will be, like weꦡ are doing here, a two-day format to see how that works,” Steiner🎃 said.

“That could be made into the outcome if we agree on it, we could apply this format - if it w𝓡orks - through to some races next year, for example if there are triple-headers it could be a two-day format.

“I do not know all the contracts with the local promoters with the FOM so it’s maybe not right for me to say what they🐠 can and can’t do but I think we just need to be trying to be creative and apply what we learn.

“If we learn this weekend that this two-day format works well, why wouldn’t we apply it if it i൲s legally possible with the contracts.”

Asked how likely he feels it is tಌhat F1 will be able to pull off a 23-round calendar considering the tightening of restrictions due to a🍸 rise in coronavirus cases across Western Europe, Steiner replied: “If you start off with compromises you never get anything done.

“F1 is working diligently to get a full race calendar in and if a few drop out, it’s never good, but it’s not as bad. If you wait until everything is 100 percent sure with this pandemic, you wi♉ll never be until it’s over and that could be years away.

“But we will get sma🐬rter with how to work with it and maybe there is a vaccine. There are a lot of maybes out there which I am not able to answer but I think it is the right approach. Go wide open as if it would be normal and then go back from that one rather than build it up slowly.”